New camera can see through the human body

New technology enables doctors to see up to 20 centimeters through tissue and track medical tools.

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Scientists from the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University have invented the first camera that’s capable of seeing through the human body to spot individual photons emanating from fibre optic instruments. Although it will have multiple uses, one of the most common ones will be to track medical tools used to investigate a wide range of internal conditions, known as endoscopes.